Varner once ruled the World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight
division, knocking out Rob
McCullough in 2008 to win promotion's championship. Varner
defended his belt twice successfully over the next year, knocking
out Marcus Hicks
and edging out Donald
Cerrone via technical split decision.

Recently, however, Varner has fallen on hard times, losing his
title to Ben Henderson in January 2010 and following that defeat
with a split draw against Kamal
Shalorus.

The lightweight then suffered back-to-back defeats that saw him
dispelled from the promotion, dropping a clear-cut, unanimous
decision to Cerrone in their rematch before submitting to Shane
Roller this past December at WEC 53.

Now training with AMA Fight Club in New Jersey, Varner returned to
his wining ways in May, submitting Tyler Combs
with a north-south choke at XFO 39 while competing as a
welterweight.